SF&F Picture 10 out of 100 by Audrey S. Totire.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: Another side of me/ Bifrost Enchanted artists of Bifrost twisted self portrait

This is my second submission to Bifrost, in contrast of my other silly selfportrait. This came about partially thought out and partially spontaniously, that is I started to draw my self portrait without previously knowing that I was creating myself into an angel. As it came to my mind, it was not like that of an angel --the thing perched ontop of a Chrismas tree, but more the angel being the continuation of my 'Fledgling' drawing....What also comes to mind is another self portrait created by Trint 'T' Garrett . Also as for any self portrait goes, I was happy when my kids first recognized it was me! My signifigant other, Richard thought that this picture might not go over well with my miniscule legend of petty critics; and I say they can go crawl back under the same rock where they came out from. So I've got wings (And already I can hear Richard's thought pattern about certain sanitary pads on the market...~I know your schtick, my love!~).

Wings represent freedom to lift us above. They are not the goal but a means to reach that goal. My hope is that we will know the peace that gives us these wings, that is to fly above all things that keep us from being who we are inside.

Part of a tour:

Bifrost: The Enchanted Artists of Bifrost: Twisted Self-Portraits

Categories Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy Woman, Women

Techniques Coloured Pencils

Date	Name	Comment
14 Sep 2004	Emily Heather Brown	Loading... Beautiful!!! Absolutely beautiful!!! I love the colours you used, it gives a nice touch! Audrey S. Totire replies: "Thank you. I like to use colors as opposed to staying black and white S"
15 Sep 2004	Lee Elizabeth Pike	Loading... Amazing skills with the coloured pencils, you have created a powerful portrait. And I can totally relate on the colour! Why hold back ;D Audrey S. Totire replies: "Nope!---but my one drawback is I have over worked or muddied color by adding too much. But still fun to get crazy with color. Thanks!"
27 Nov 2004	Kati Bxx	Loading... This is so lovely! Amazing how you could do that! I'd really be interested to try a self portrait myself but I think I've got to improve a lot... but yours is so wonderful sighs Audrey S. Totire replies: "YOu should go ahead and try to do a self portrait. Improvement is something we ALL can use. I believe that a real artist is never completely satified with what he/she's done but continues to proceed with the next project in hopes of improvement. Try and do not get discouraged if you don't like the results. Thanks!"
24 May 2005	Kamille Freske	Loading... thats beautiful! Its really lovely the way you mixed all the colors together. The expression is lovely too. YOu did a great job on the facial features. I find noses the hardest thing to draw, but you draw yours so realisticly. Well done!
28 Oct 2005	Karin van Zon	Loading... What I really love the most is how you used all those different colors to create a realistic skin tone. I'd like to try that myself one time, but I suppose it takes a lot of practise Awsome pic! Audrey S. Totire replies: "Color theory is helpful.The variety of colors keeps the picture from looking too flat. Thanks for your comment "
3 Feb 2006	Stephanie S. K. Marbach	Loading... Wow, the skills of the coloured pencils are just amazing... I love it, and her hair!!!
18 Feb 2006	Collinsaround	Loading... Wow, get over it Audrey S. Totire replies: "Get over what? This is part of a tour called "Twisted Self portraits" so I'm not REALLY an angel. Just maybe a little twisted "
25 May 2006	Barbara J. Wickham	Loading... I had a painting class where the instructor forbade any form of black paint in his classroom. It was the best art class I have ever had. I love studying drawings like this where there are worlds of details going on within the main subject. I find myself leaning towards the monitor to get a closer look at the shading on the face and the colored strokes in the hair. When I try this kind of technique it just ends up looking messy. You have quite a knack for it! Also...you make a very convincing angel. Audrey S. Totire replies: "I think other people might have a difference in opinion on that! I know there are some styles of art where the use of black is necessary, but after I was taught that rule, for pictures like this one (colored pencils), no black. I also cringe is I see someone using pastels and they use black. It won't be long before the black smears into the bright colors and ruins it. I haven't used colored pencils in a while and I really should play with them again, but I mainly just cross hatch lightly to get the effect that I want --Thanks!"
30 Oct 2006	Lauren Akarit	Loading... Such an expressive picture! I love the use of color - working without black definitely makes it more vibrant Audrey S. Totire replies: "Thanx! I haven't touched the colored pencils in a while and incidently I'm taking an Illustration class and the assignment called for colored pencils so I had to dig them all up again. "
9 Nov 2007	Denise 'Kiandra' Guinn	Loading... wow...just wow. I wish I could use pencils like this. It's beautiful Audrey.
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